Clear Water
Property of Lazarus, near Ephraim and Jericho, on the banks of the Jordan River.
Inhabitants or Natives
Asraël, the child disciple, Dina, healed from jaundice, Timon of Aëra, the synagogue leader, the steward of Lazarus's property, and his family.
Description
A fold[1], property of Lazarus where Jesus retreats in November-December of his first year of public life. A very low and very wide rustic little house. Solidly built. The Apostles go fishing in the Jordan, a little farther away.
Notable events
This is where communal life begins with the Disciples[2].
Jesus makes a series of comments here on the Ten Commandments.
This is where Aglae comes to listen to Jesus, for her conversion, pursued by a group of Pharisees.
It is the place where Jesus welcomes the persecuted like Timon the synagogue leader and Joseph of Emmaus accused of incest.
Much later, during the exile in Ephraim, Simon the Zealot (Apostle) worries: "I fear that Judas is worse than at 'La Belle Water' "[3].
There is a discreet allusion to this stay at Belle-Water in Saint John[4].
The exact geographical location remains undetermined, but it is undoubtedly in the immediate vicinity of Netiv Hagdud and the Wadi Al Aujah. According to the indications of Maria Valtorta, Belle-Water would indeed be located about ten kilometers northeast of Jericho.[5]
Where is it mentioned in the work?
EMV 117 EMV 118 EMV 119 EMV 120 EMV 121 EMV 122 EMV 123 EMV 124 EMV 125 EMV 126 EMV 127 EMV 128 EMV 129 EMV 130 EMV 131 EMV 132 EMV 133
EMV 566
Explore
- 31° 57’ N / 35° 30’ E /
- -290m (uncertain)
Notes and references
- ↑ Description EMV 118.
- ↑ EMV 117.3
- ↑ EMV 566.4
- ↑ John 3:22-26
- ↑ Article partially written from the Geographical Dictionary of the Gospel by Jean-François Lavère.